Nuclear War Survival Skills
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Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS by Cresson Kearny is a civil defense manual. It contains information learned from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the Cold War.
The book is useful to the everyday person because it sought to provide creative solutions which motivated people with normal skills and household items could implement. Not only did his team devise solutions but they also tested them out with normal people and then adjusted their final recommendation. It is also notable because the tone of this government publication is one of self reliance. The topics which are covered can also be applied to crisis of lesser magnitude. Some of the more famous items are the Kearny Fallout Meter and the Kearny Air Pump.
The topics covered include:
- Psychological and pre-crisis preparations
- Evacuation
- Shelter
- Ventilation and cooling
- Water
- Food
- Fire protection
- Fallout Meters
- Light
- Sanitation
- Medical issues and First Aid
- Permanent Shelters
It is in the public domain and is available for free online and in book form (ISBN 0-942487-01-X).
[edit] See also
- Blast shelter
- Bug Out Bag
- Cresson Kearny
- Fallout shelter
- Kearny Fallout Meter
- Kearny Air Pump
- Potassium iodide
[edit] External links
- An online version of NWSS
- Free PDF download of Nuclear War Survival Skills
- Red Cross preparations recommendations
- A Mother Thinks about Nuclear Survival, an editorial written by Jenny Hatch which references Cresson Kearny's Book
- Jenny Hatchs Blog - Set up to share Provident Living and Survival Skills with Families and Individuals concerned about Family Civil Defense
- Video Tour of Jenny Hatchs Storage Room with 72 Hour Kits Explained
